Analysis Cause and Consequences of Youth Rural- Urban Migration: in Burayu Town

Abstract

Migration from rural to urban centers is a common phenomenon observed in the population all across the world and especially in the developing countries. Rural-urban migration is a rapid deterioration of the rural economy leading to chronic poverty and food insecurity. This study aims at identifying the major causes for migration of people to Addis Ababa and its implication on migrants and their phases of origin. To achieve the objective 153 migrants were selected from Burayu Town. Both primary and secondary data were collected and were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively by using SPSS version 25. Structured questionnaires were used on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of migrants. Most of the migrants move to the city for job opportunity, and business activities. However, most of them decide to migrate not in planned way. A greater number of the migrants are Male, young adults, and Single and had some form of primary and secondary education before they decided to migrate. There are many causes for the migration of people to the city. Among them the search for job, to gain business activities, and problem related with land and agricultural productivity and drought was the major one. Many of the migrants encountered problems at the initial period of adjustment and adaptation and even currently. In line with this, some useful points of recommendations for effective rural policy development action and regional urban management policy are suggested. Urban and rural development policies should be consistent and complementary to each other. In addition, migration policies should be entrenched in the macro-economic policy of the country